This morning I presented social media to a board of small business owners, and at least one in attendance expressed an absolute belief in the death of social media as a means of connecting and networking. I would laugh it off, but then again I never saw MySpace clawing back up out of the grave. Let’s consider some factors which might incur the playing of Taps for social media: People are starting to care again about privacy. With the recent $%&@#% debacle regarding the NSA and warrantless searches into the digital communications of Americans etal, it’s entirely possible internet users might – just might – come back around to prioritizing privacy over publicity on social media. There has even been talk about the privacy value of snail mail. The social media giants are getting too – well – gigantic. When you’ve got players like Facebook and Google hosting and controlling […]